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Towards Explaining Variations in Ethnic Politicization in sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study of Senegal and Côte'Ivoire
(2010)
This dissertation examines in the conditions under which ethnicity becomes politicized in heterogeneous societies: how, and in what ways do political institutions matter? How, and what kinds of political institutions ...
TEACHING FOR CITIZENSHIP WITHIN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
(2016-05-13)
The purpose of this study was to learn more about elementary social studies instruction and its role within citizenship education. In particular, this study focused on gaining insight into the nature of social studies ...
Presencia y voces de escritores chino-latinoamericanos
(2012)
My dissertation focuses on the works of four Latin American writers of Chinese origin: Regino Pedroso from Cuba, Siu Kam Wen from Peru, Óscar Wong from Mexico, and Carlos Francisco Changmarín from Panama. I discuss how ...
The Relationship of Psychological Capital and Burnout with Training and Performance
(2014)
This study explores the associations of Psychological Capital consisting of self-efficacy, hope, optimism, and resilience) and Burnout of nonprofit leaders in the Participation in Standards for Excellence® Institute training ...
Meeting the Culturally-Related Academic Needs of American Indian Students: A Case Study of Elva John Middle School
(2012)
Many issues (e.g. impact of cultural hegemony, cultural mismatch,
Survey of young, uninsured Okahomans: Preliminary Report
(2010)
Recent reports indicate that the number of uninsured individuals in Oklahoma has reached
approximately 600,000 individuals, of these, almost half of Oklahoma’s uninsured are between the
ages of 19‐34. Despite this high ...
Mixed Convexity and Optimization Results for Functions with Integer and Real Variables with Applications to Queueing Systems
(2012)
In this dissertation, a new method for obtaining convexity and optimization results for functions with integer and real (i.e. mixed) variables is introduced and this new method is applied to obtain mixed convexity and ...
Quantifying Solar-Powered Removal of Aqueous and Gaseous Sulfide in a Mine Water Passive Treatment System
(2018-12-14)
Passive treatment systems can improve water quality for mine water discharges. However, some process units, like vertical flow bioreactors (VFBRs), may produce excess sulfide, which can be a source of nuisance odors and ...
BUDS, LEAVES, SHOOTS, AND FLOWERS: ANALYSIS OF PLANT PHENOLOGY ACROSS AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT
(2017-05-12)
Survival analysis was used to investigate the potential roles of temperature, precipitation, and photoperiod in triggering budburst and leaf-out for Quercus marilandica and Q. stellata. We found a high degree of inter-annual ...
Change, Challenge, and Creativity in the Workplace
(2017)
This book involves learning about oneself in order to be flexible and adaptable in a rapidly changing world. It contains worksheets for developing responses to challenging situations and it also contains a significant ...